DRINKING WATER CASE STUDIES AND WHITE PAPERS

• Keep Your Cool: The Importance Of Advanced Side Stream Filtration In Data Center Operation

  Advanced side stream filtration protects sensitive cooling infrastructure in data centers, extending membrane life, reducing water and energy use, and preventing costly downtime caused by particulate-loaded cooling water.

• Overcoming Space Constraints For An Accurate Flow Measurement

  Accurate and reliable flow measurement is critical to many water treatment and distribution applications. However, this can be a dicey proposition because most metering solutions require a set amount of straight pipe runs, before and after the device, to ensure accuracy. To address these and other related issues, an innovative solution has emerged.

• City Of Santa Fe Water Division Overhauls And Improves System With BEACON® Software as a Service (SaaS)

  Because of its location in the southwestern U.S., Santa Fe, NM, is known to have a scarce and precious water supply. In 2013, Santa Fe’s Water Division became aware that its drive-by meter reading system was failing. Working with Badger Meter, the city’s Water Division chose to implement the BEACON® Software as a Service (SaaS) managed solution with ORION® Cellular endpoints, as well as E-Series® Ultrasonic meters.

• A Perilous Choice: COVID Patients Or Safe Drinking Water?

  In August 2021, as Florida's hospitals were filling up with COVID-19 patients, the mayor of Orlando pleaded with local residents to reduce water use to free up liquid oxygen to provide life support for victims of the pandemic.

• Updating Consumer Perceptions On The Value Of Water

  Here are some links and guidelines designed to help utilities change their perspective on water as a low-cost resource of virtually unlimited supply. 

• Monitoring WTP Ozone Use With Maximum Cost-Efficiency

  The value of ozone as a disinfection agent is well understood in water treatment plants (WTPs). So too, is its cost. Getting maximum value from an ozone investment requires accurate measurement to assure proper disinfection levels without wasteful overuse of the precious gas. Here are multiple ways thermal dispersion mass flow meters deliver precise readings with lower installation and maintenance costs.

• Long Term Performance Of V-Cone Flow Meters

  This paper presents the results of 12 V-Cone DP Flow meters tested over a period of 17 years. Service applications for the V-Cones included natural gas as well as coke oven gas measurement, a dirty aggressive fluid that is problematic over long period of time for most flow meters. All testing was conducted in air by a 3rd party calibration laboratory, CEESI Colorado. Results will be presented for each of the meters over the 17 year span. Conclusions and recommendations will be made to the long term performance and recalibration intervals for the V-Cone flow meter.

• Water System Operator Is Cutting NRW Losses Down To Size

  When the aging water distribution infrastructure in Araguaína, Brazil, (pop. 183,000) reached a level of 47 percent non-revenue-water (NRW) loss, the contracted utility operator knew that something needed to change.

• Richland Springs Special Utility District, Texas Case Study

  The Richland Special Utility District found that naturally-occurring radionuclides in their raw water source exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL’s) for Gross Alpha Emitters and Combined Radium. The district selected Water Remediation Technology's Z-88 Radium Removal Process as a cost-effective solution to reduce the gross alpha and radium content. In this case study, learn how the water quality now successfully meets regulatory requirements. 

• Demystifying Pressure Rating Standards For Flanged Valves

  Navigating complex and evolving performance standards is a significant challenge in any industry. Ideal standards guide efficiency but can become problematic due to overzealousness. Clarity and simplicity are crucial for effective decision-making.